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====== MBHP Core Module ======

The [[MBHP]] Core Module is the heart and brain of every MIDIbox. It holds the PIC microcontroller which runs MIOS and your MIDIbox application.  It handles MIDI communication, it drives an LCD (or two), and it connects to all the other modules.

  * [[http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp_core.html|Core Module]] <sup>uCApps</sup>
  * [[http://www.avishowtech.com/mbhp/mbhp_coreR4d.html|Core Module R4D]] from SmashTV <sup>smashTV</sup>

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===== PIC Microcontrollers =====

The Core Module can be equipped with following microcontrollers:
  * [[MIOS_PIC18F452|PIC18F452]] I/P //- used for most applications//
  * [[MIOS_PIC18F4620|PIC18F4620]] //not generally used due to the "EUSART Bug", but it is required for MIDIbox SEQ v3.//
  * [[mios pic18f4685|PIC18F4685]] //required for some newer applications, maybe the future default//
 
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===== Multiple Cores =====

There are different possibilities to have multiple Cores.
  * [[http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_link.html|MIDIbox Link]] <sup>uCApps</sup> //Linking multiple Cores via MIDI (a special configured MIDI forwarding pipe)//
  * [[http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_network.html|MBNet]] <sup>uCApps</sup> //The new MIDIbox Network utilizing the [[CAN]] (Controller Area Network) Interface on the brandnew [[mios_pic18f4685|PIC18F4685]] microcontrollers

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===== Parts =====
  * [[Core Board Parts List]]